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Some reports have discussed helmet fit and a degree of variation can be expected. It is a side issue to the main topic.A recent study of the effect of legislation for Australia considered a range of issues…

TAC sent tables of information, age group, fatal, head, concussion, other serious, other, total claims - for each year, for cyclist and pedestrians, the 3 years was 6 tables - probably best to ask TAC…

With regards to my New Zealand paper, that was peer reviewed.
Evaluation of New Zealand’s bicycle helmet law
See http://www.cycle-helmets.com/nz-clarke-2012.pdf
It mentions;
[The NZ Ministry of Transport…

Linda says
[Dorothy claimed that "comparable figures were not available for adults" in NSW. The RTA reports show that in Sydney, 22% MORE adults were counted in the 1st post-law (April) survey than in…

Sorry about your head injury and I expect we can all sympathise with anyone who has experience. Hoping the following information may assist.
With regards to the Cook & Sheik report, 1995-2000. The percentage…

"What you do not present is any sort of case for cycling without appropriate head protection."
In 2007 I presented details.
http://www.ta.org.br/site/Banco/7manuais/colin_clarke_cycle_helmet.pdf
Additional…

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, over 1 in 12 Queenslanders are affected by an acquired brain injury (ABI). Stroke is the leading cause of ABI with around 60,000 new and recurrent…

http://www.fietsberaad.nl/library/repository/bestanden/CyclingintheNetherlands2009.pdf
Cycling should be enjoyable, relaxing and safe. This can be
achieved by what is usually called good ‘bicycle policy…

I would agree to promoting cycling, e.g. bikes of trains for free (mainland UK), buses that carry bikes (USA), both allowing for connectively. Government taxes/sales taxes on cycling equipment or cycling…

Jake asks about a number of points, shown in (..).
(Peer review) – I think we have discussed this sufficiently.
(You take issue with our statement “He claimed that this significant drop was completely…

Some new information has come to light, one is from Tin Tin 2010 report.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989960/
Figure 3, is lacking information on ‘Other’ lower extremities. The full data…

Setting aside the condescending personal comments and addressing the issues.
Many issues occur with regards to helmet laws and methods to assess their effects. Probably the lack of regular full surveys…

Linda, again with lots of questionable claims.
King and Fraine reported “The penalty and enforcement system took effect from the 1 January 1993”, therefore comparing census data 1991 to 1996 was reasonable…

The above paper does provide support for helmet use or legislation but some care may be advised as it does not cover a number of issues.
It provides survey information on the percentage wearing helmets…